Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a car was stolen from outside McKeon Stone in Stradbally yesterday afternoon.
The VW black Golf car, registration plate 152 RN 216, was parked outside the business at 1.30pm when it was taken.
The car is owned by a local employee of McKeon Stone which is located across from the Brockley Park Housing Estate in the town.
Gardaí have obtained CCTV footage of the incident and it is believed that a woman, aged in her 20s and who used to live in Stradbally, was seen in the area at the time of the robbery.
The car was last seen heading in the direction of Portlaoise.
Anyone who may have seen the car can contact Portlaoise Garda Station on 057 8674100
